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Cremonese

Full name	Unione Sportiva Cremonese S.p.A.
Nickname(s)	La Cremo I Grigiorossi (The Gray and Reds) Le Tigri (The Tigers) I Violini (The Violins)
Founded	24 March 1903; 121 years ago (1903-03-24)
Ground	Stadio Giovanni Zini
Ground Capacity	20,641
Owner	Giovanni Arvedi
President	Paolo Rossi
Head coach	Giovanni Stroppa
League	Serie B
2018–19	Serie B, 9th of 19
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Unione Sportiva Cremonese, commonly referred to as Cremonese, is an Italian football club based in Cremona, Lombardy, which plays in the Serie B following their relegation from the top flight in the 2022–23 season.

History

The performance of Cremonese in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929–30)

Cremonese was in the Serie A in its first season, 1929–30, but entered a long period of decline, languishing in the lower leagues before the late 1970s. By 1984, they had achieved promotion to Serie A, with one-year spells in 1984–85, 1989–90 and 1991–92.

Cremonese had a successful run in the 1992–93 Anglo-Italian Cup, beating Bari 4–1 in the semi-final, and Derby County 3–1 in the final at the old Wembley Stadium, Cremonese's scorers were Corrado Verdelli, Riccardo Maspero and Andrea Tentoni, with Derby's goal scored by Marco Gabbiadini.

Under Luigi Simoni, Cremonese returned to Serie A in the 1993–94 season. With a side containing quality in the form of defenders Luigi Gualco and Corrado Verdelli, midfield playmaker Riccardo Maspero and forwards Andrea Tentoni and Matjaž Florijančič, Cremonese held their own in Serie A with a 10th-place finish in 1993–94, but would be relegated in the 1995–96 season.

Relegation resulted in the decline of the club, plummeting to Serie C2 by 2000, before achieving successive promotions back to Serie B by 2005. Giovanni Dall'Igna, another defender from the Serie A years, returned to the club. However, Cremonese were relegated to Serie C1 in the 2005–06 season. Cremonese have tried to return to Serie B since: they had a good attempt in the 2009–10 season, when they were beaten by Varese in the promotion play-off final (2–1 on aggregate). Eventually they succeeded in 2017. In the 2021–22 Serie B, Cremonese finished second to earn promotion to the 2022–23 Serie A. Despite achieving promotion, coach Fabio Pecchia resigned from his post.

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Andrea Fulignati (on loan from Catanzaro) 3 DF Giacomo Quagliata 4 DF Tommaso Barbieri 5 DF Luca Ravanelli 6 MF Charles Pickel 9 FW Manuel De Luca 10 FW Cristian Buonaiuto 11 FW Dennis Johnsen 15 DF Matteo Bianchetti (captain) 17 DF Leonardo Sernicola 18 MF Michele Collocolo 19 MF Michele Castagnetti

No. Position Player 20 FW Franco Vázquez 21 GK Gianluca Saro 22 GK Andreas Jungdal 23 DF Federico Ceccherini 26 DF Valentin Antov (on loan from Monza) 27 MF Jari Vandeputte (on loan from Catanzaro) 37 MF Žan Majer 42 DF Lorenzo Moretti 44 DF Luka Lochoshvili 62 MF Tommaso Milanese 90 FW Federico Bonazzoli 98 MF Luca Zanimacchia 99 FW Marco Nasti

Other players under contract

No. Position Player 91 MF Andrea Bertolacci

Cremonese Primavera

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No. Position Player 12 GK Francesco Tommasi 25 DF Daniele Triacca

No. Position Player 57 MF Dachi Lordkipanidze 97 FW Giacomo Gabbiani

Out on loan

No. Position Player GK Mouhamadou Sarr (at Spezia until 30 June 2025) DF Eddy Cabianca (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2025) DF Luca Munaretti (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2025) DF Maissa Ndiaye (at Turris until 30 June 2025) DF Samuele Regazzetti (at Lumezzane until 30 June 2025) DF Yuri Rocchetti (at Juve Stabia until 30 June 2025) DF Mattia Scaringi (at Giana Erminio until 30 June 2025) MF Christian Acella (at Giugliano until 30 June 2025) MF Alessio Brambilla (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2025) MF César Falletti (at Bari until 30 June 2025)

No. Position Player MF Joshua Tenkorang (at Lumezzane until 30 June 2025) FW Felix Afena-Gyan (at Juventus Next Gen until 30 June 2025) FW Alberto Basso Ricci (at Legnago until 30 June 2025) FW Michele Bigonzoni (at Campobasso until 30 June 2025) FW Blue Mamona (at Messina until 30 June 2025) FW David Okereke (at Gaziantep until 30 June 2025) FW David Stückler (at Giana Erminio until 30 June 2025) FW Frank Tsadjout (at Frosinone until 30 June 2025) FW Marco Zunno (at Foggia until 30 June 2025)

Former players

Some of the famous players who played for Cremonese include:

• Antonio Cabrini
• Enrico Chiesa
• Giovanni Dall'Igna
• Giuseppe Favalli
• Riccardo Maspero
• Michelangelo Rampulla
• Corrado Verdelli
• Gianluca Vialli
• Pasquale Vivolo
• Gustavo Dezotti
• John Aloisi
• Juary
• Władysław Żmuda
• Matjaž Florijančič
• Anders Limpar

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Giovanni Stroppa
Assistant coach	Andrea Guerra
Technical coach	Giuseppe Brescia
Fitness coach	Fabio Allevi Andrea Primitivi Giovanni Saffioti
Rehab coach	Cristian Freghieri
Goalkeeper coach	Nicola Dibitonto Andrea Sardini
Match analyst	Vittorio Vona
Head of medical staff	Dott. Diego Giuliani
Club doctor	Dott. Alberto Gheza Dott. Francesco Toscani
Physiotherapist	Carlo Bentivoglio Lorenzo Franchi Davide Mazzoleni Gian Paolo Fagni
Nutritionist	Enrico Macciantelli
Team Manager	Federico Dall’Asta
Sporting director	Simone Giacchetta

Honours

Divisional movements

Series	Years	Last	Promotions	Relegations
A	8	2022–23	–	5 (1930, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2023)
B	31	2021–22	5 (1984, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2022)	7 (1935, 1938, 1951, 1978, 1997, 1999, 2006)
C C2	43 4	2016–17	7 (1936, 1942, 1977, 1981, 1998, 2005, 2017) 1 (2004 C2)	1 (1999 C1) 3 (1952, 1967, 1969)
86 out of 91 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D	5	1970–71	3 (1954, 1968, 1971)	Never

See also

In Spanish: Unione Sportiva Cremonese para niños